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21 Oct 1927
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Corry Evening Journal in Corry, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1927
Page
1
Community Chest campaign shows slow fundraising progress
Officials report $13,500 goal for the Community Chest with 585 contributors pledging as canvassing continues. A general meeting next week will organize new officers and allocate funds to participating organizations. several wards show pledges totaling $7,018 while criticism arises over insufficient city support and planned reductions in agency activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Community Chest
Tigre Maile
Brown Tidy
Iil
Junkers Plane Forced to Return From Azores Flight
Lisbon dispatch reports German Heinkel 120 plane D120 took off toward the Azores but returned to the Tagus after a short flight. Pilot Mars said fuel line broke causing loss of gasoline and a battery short circuit. Mechanics worked on repairs but no further takeoff was attempted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junkers
United Pras
Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Bronie
North
Amelia
Tagus
Moret
Mars
Merzaid
Thaags
Tonight's Five Best Radio Features
Radio feature rundown lists Edison Night interview with Thomas A. Tichton and Goldman band at 14 stations. WOR Hook up program with Goldman band and Edison Night. WBHAL Baltimore and WGY Schenectady mention hourly slots with unspecified players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Thomas A. Tichton
Corcert
Goldman
WOR
Golfundo
WBHAL
Baltimore
Munpal
WGY
Corry Gas Costs Compared to National Averages
The report shows Corry paying 75 cents per thousand cubic feet for natural gas home service, above the 1925 average of 47 cents. Manufactured gas prices fell slightly as total gas consumption rose, with natural gas volumes increasing to about 19 million thousand cubic feet and manufactured gas sales reaching over 80 billion cubic feet for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wille Cory
Rtar Hines
Intergal
Pemevivunia Yy
Pwomgayiel Fuihic
British Submarines Sink Pirate Seized Chinese Vessel Irene
Two British submarines fired on and sank the Chinese steamer Irene on Wednesday after pirates seized the ship. Exact casualties were unclear. the Irene carried a crew of 100 Chinese and 400 passengers and was masquerading as a passenger vessel before the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Mong Kong
Irene
West
Irenes
Suit Against Columbus Twp Will Be Heard
A damage suit over a dynamite cap explosion in Columbus township seeks $15,000 in damages. Prink Savke, father of the injured boy, names the township and officials as negligent for leaving blasting caps where youngsters could find them. The case, to be heard in Warren next week, has drawn local interest from residents of Columbus and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colmbus Township
Warren
Columbus Township
Prink Savke
Columbus
Warren Nest
G O P To Honor Col Wood In Harrisburg Dinner
Prominent Pennsylvania Republicans are asked to join Governor Fisher on the executive committee for a November 17 testimonial dinner honoring Colonel Eric Fisher Wood, former GOP leader. The event expects about 1,000 diners at ten dollars a plate, with portraits of Boise Pengone and W. Harry Baker on one wall and Mellon and Wood on the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misher
Thomas 0. Williams
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John P. Fisher
Eric Fisher Wood
Republican State Committee
Walter J. Lloyd
State Welfare Department
Aloyd Hamilton
Gore Fisher
A. Nevin Dennell
Howard Rigby
Fisher
Ray D. Scheley
Allegheny County
High Ward
Republican Committee
Pittsburgh
Joseph Barton
Charles Pearson
State Highway Department
United, States
Boise Pengone
W. Harry Baker
Mellon
Colonel Wood
Ponsiglvanias
German World Flier in Crash Near Bagdad
Bagdad October 21 unconfirmed newspapers report German aviator Otto Koannecke who began a world circumnavigation may have crashed near Bunderabbas Pandria and that his passenger Count Satis Was hurt in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagdad
Bulteg
Ménapapér
Otto Koannecke
Germany
Rom Bunderabbas
Paesia
Count Satis
Prince Carol May Return to Roumania Amid Rumors
Paris dispatch reports Prince Carol of Romania may seek return to Roumania and reenter politics under his infant son’s regime. Midi notes rumors of a peasant party appeal and Carol ending ties with Lupe ski as he weighs influence behind the throne and possible restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Princ Carol
Romania
Mme
Lupescu
Tegime
Midi
Carol
Mie
Romanian Peasant Party
Rawmania
Coral
Roumania
Michael
Ferdinand
Sarah
Hindeen
Roumasia
Seek Better Reports on Oceanic Weather
Washington delegates at the International Radio Conference push for improved oceanic weather reporting. A special committee discussed proposing enhanced data sharing and coordinated forecasts to aid shipping and navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywnited Press
Washington
General industrial slump hits district markets
Local industrial leaders report a broad downturn across multiple sectors. Car and auto parts plants, radiator works, and related facilities are operating at curtailed capacity with reduced work forces, signaling an uncertain near term outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basi
Titusville
Huy
Tigusville
Amman
Jarre
Corry Liquor Cases Headed for Erie Court
The November term of quarter sessions at Erie will hear numerous Corry liquor cases as part of a large docket totaling seventy to one hundred cases. A murder charge against Grover Royal of Philadelphia is set for motion, with other arraignments including Evelyn Love, Mary Krepeho, and Stanley Krepeho on aggravated assault and a battery. State troopers report a West Springfield liquor seizure of fifteen thousand dollars in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaolin
Difont
Lluis
Breslau
Gatterrom
Pittston
Nanticoke
Millersburg
Sunbury
Pennsylvania Railnad
Dunrannon
Susuelliana River
Point Pleasant
Fryburg
Yardley
State Highway Patrol
Rayiauil
Pittsbergh
Shere
Monone
Buhela
Aljesheny
Hyers
Ohio River
Bagany
Penmerivania
Pittsburgh
Erie
Grover
Royal Philadelphia
James Hin
E. 10Th Street
Evelyn Love
Mary Krepeho
Stanley
Quincel
Sill
Adthof
Jor Divel
Edward Singlert
Rim
West Springfisd
Wait
Possible Murder Mystery in Sharon
County authorities investigate the death of Mrs. J D Trux 75 widow of a Sharon constable whose body was found in the Shenango river near West Middlesex. Autopsy shows drowning not the cause and no foul play marks. coroner proposes she had a heart attack as she walked along the strand and fell into the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sy United
Prom
Sharon
J.D. Trux
Shenango River
Wast Muddlesax
Win McGrath
Worman
Chinese Smuggling Horror Report From Fremantle
Sydney reports Fremantle officials found 54 Chinese packed in a ballast tank on the steamer Alm herk. Eight died and others were unconscious. Officials faced toxic gas and fainting as they attempted rescue, with customs naming a larger Rotterdam smuggling network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Freemantle
Norcor
Almherk
Davy
Rotterdam
Burned car theft mystery linked to owner Seminuk
Police advance belief that a burned vehicle found on Findley Lake road near Cutting was Seminuk, a former resident of alimibas now living in Erie. The car, stolen weeks earlier, was found 50 feet off the road and burned, with a Pennsylvania license plate found nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findley Lake Road
Vay
Findley Lake
Alimibas
Donald Steve
Art
East Pleasant Street
New York State
Pennsylvania
Clit Shampoe
West Columbus Avenue
Seminak
Semminuk
Columbus
Erie
Parade Street
Seminuk
Union Driver Held For Court After Crash
Charles Doane of Union City faced a court appearance on a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence after an automobile collision near the State Hatchery on the Roosevelt Highway Wednesday evening. The action followed an Erie bound return trip when Doane allegedly struck a car driven by L. R. Tiffany. Tiffany and party reported damage. Doane’s Ford coupe and Tiffany’s vehicle sustained heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Doane
State Hatchery
Union City
G. H. Gordon
Bui
Donne
L. R. Tiffany
Roosevelt Highway
Corry
Doane
Mel
Tiffany
Keppel
Erie
Ford
Tiffany Tur
Boone
Mrs DeMurri Returns Home From Visit
Mrs DeMurri and Mrs Stewart traveled by motor to Ithaca New York for the Cornell Princeton game. Mrs DeMurri and Mr Stewart attended the visit in the city before returning to Erie this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. DeMurri
Erie
DeMurri
SV. Stewart
Ithaca
N.Y
Grayson Amphibian Plane Awaits Clear Weather
Old Orchard Maine reports Mrs Grayson plans a 3500 mile flight to Copenhagen in a plane named The Dawal weighing fuel load to reach readiness. The craft taxied and took off last Monday but suffered a brief delay as landing gear was adjusted under Igor Sikorsky supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
OLD Orchard
Brances Wilson Grayson
Copenhagen
Atlantic
Grayson
Earl Carroll Returns to Broadway After Prison Gap
Earl Carroll begins a comeback to Broadway after leaving federal prison, boarding the Crescent limited to New York with his wife and friends. The former impresario, now noted for past scandals, aims to restart his revue career amid media attention and cautious reactions from industry and public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Lewis
United Press
Atlanta, Ga
Earl Carroll
Broadway
Federal Prison Farm
New Yorkstound Crescent Limited
Carroll
New
Atlanta
Wiheitha
Orney
Herbert Adams
Ian Tantic
Rip Vani Winkle
Carrot
Birger Gangster Executed at Gallows on October Day
Rada Millich, labeled the Birger gangster and alleged "goat" of the Birger gang, was hanged at 10 04 after being convicted of killing Ward Jones at the Birger hideout and stronghold. Millich claimed self defense until his death as the Montenegrin gangster met the gallows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wy Vanou
Marion
Bi—tlinois Tos
Day
Rada Millich
Ward Jones
Birger
Englishwoman Fails in Channel Attempt at Dover
Miss Merceies leita of London attempted to swim the English Channel from Cape Gris Nez, Orange, at 1 30 am in Gb degree water eight miles east southeast of Dover. The effort ended in failure but proved remarkable for the feat despite the adverse conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Gris Nez
Orange
Miss Merceies
Menjou divorce decree reaches hospital in Hollywood
News that Mia Kathryn Menjou has been granted a final decree of divorce was carried to the hospital room of Adolph Menjou, the film star, who is suffering from stomach disorder and made no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Free Hollywood
Cal
Mia
Kathryn Menjou
Adolph Menjou
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Fromm
Wilkes
Towanda
Wilkes-Barre
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Columbus Twp
Frank Savko
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G.O.P
Col. Wood
Prince Carol
Girger
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